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ArticleCureus2024

A Case of Plasma Cell Leukemia Arising De Novo: A Rare and Fatal Disease.

Hisham B Sweidan, Abdullah Jarrah, Feng Zhu, Yating Wang

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Hisham B SweidanInternal Medicine, Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Sinai Grace Hospital, Detroit, USA.
Abdullah JarrahInternal Medicine, Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Sinai Grace Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA.
Feng ZhuInternal Medicine, Detroit Medical Center (DMC) Sinai Grace Hospital, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA.
Yating WangHematology and Oncology, Ascension Providence Hospital, South Field, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plasma cell leukemia (PCL) is an aggressive form of multiple myeloma characterized by an increasing number of circulating plasma cells in the peripheral (circulating) blood. Primary PCL (pPCL) is the form of monoclonal gammopathy that is the most severe with a high mortality rate. Its incidence will be increasing, given the expected changes in clinical criteria for diagnosis. We present a case to help further understand the disease and the proposed criteria changes, as more research will be needed to better understand the impact of specific genetic findings on the prognosis of pPCL and secondary PCL (sPCL). We also feature the presentation, morphological changes in the peripheral smear, and cytogenetics of this rare disease.

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clinical hematologycytology and hematologyhematology laboratorymalignant hematologymultiple myelomamplasma cell leukaemiapracticing internal medicine

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PMID39403422
PMCPMC11471913

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